Friday, June 19, 2015

About a month back, Glenn Drover, for whom I have painted several 28mm armies, emailed to tell me he was selling off his Napoleonics and switching to 15mm. Would I be interested in taking on the job? I agreed, and thus I started a project that will take a year or more: all of the Napoleonic Wars combatants with 15mm AB Miniatures, a total of about 3,000 foot, 1,000 horse, and 100 guns.

I started with the French infantry, since their uniform always seems to take me the longest to paint. Yesterday I put the finishing touches on my first batch of 144 figures. These are the fusilier command and elite companies.

Eagle Bearers

Drummers

Officers

Sergeants

Voltiguers and Grenadiers

As always, AB Miniatures are a treat to paint. No one makes better looking figures in any scale. The flags are from GMB. I cut away the cast flagpoles, drilled out hands and eagles, and inserted brass rod.